The first thing you should know about Guatemalan's is that they set off fireworks for every occasion, big or small. Mother's Day here, which was May 10th, happens to be a very big celebrations which made the fireworks they used even bigger. Having been here the summer of 2010 during Father's Day I had prepared myself mentally for the early morning fright of fireworks going off around 6:00. On May 9th I went to be focused, saying to myself, "Penelope, you will not be terrified when you are awoken very early my bottle rockets". 12:00 am May 10th, I swear, canons went off!!!! I have never jumped so high. It was like nothing I have ever experienced and they did not stop for about 10 minutes. I promise, I really am not exaggerating when I say they sounded like canons. Definitely not your average bottle rocket if a bottle rocket at all. The town literally shut down for the occasion. Stores were closed and unless you had made a reservation a long time in advance you could not get into a restaurant. I wish I could be in the United States to celebrate with my mother tomorrow, but I am confident that the two sisters at home, Isabelle and Zipporah, will take good care of her tomorrow. Miss you and love you mommy!!!
Yesterday, even though it was jump started a little early was a wonderful day. I got to go check out a medicinal herb garden that AMA and HSP are putting in the community of Llanos del Pinal. We have not put the plants in yet, but the women of the Llanos del Pinal Women's Circle have prepared the land and are waiting on further instructions on the perfect layout for the plants. We hope to start planting this coming week. All the materials for the enclosure that they are being planted in and all the plants were donated by Vale United Methodist Church so a big thank you to them!! The medicinal plant garden is being planted on the land of the communities mid-wife and our hopes are that she will be able to use them in her practices and that in the long term the women circle can use the herbs they harvest and convert them into teas and oils to be sold for a small income. I look forward tot he success of this project. It combines everything I love, gardening and community development! I look forward to planting next week. We had lots of helpers yesterday!
Yesterday, even though it was jump started a little early was a wonderful day. I got to go check out a medicinal herb garden that AMA and HSP are putting in the community of Llanos del Pinal. We have not put the plants in yet, but the women of the Llanos del Pinal Women's Circle have prepared the land and are waiting on further instructions on the perfect layout for the plants. We hope to start planting this coming week. All the materials for the enclosure that they are being planted in and all the plants were donated by Vale United Methodist Church so a big thank you to them!! The medicinal plant garden is being planted on the land of the communities mid-wife and our hopes are that she will be able to use them in her practices and that in the long term the women circle can use the herbs they harvest and convert them into teas and oils to be sold for a small income. I look forward tot he success of this project. It combines everything I love, gardening and community development! I look forward to planting next week. We had lots of helpers yesterday!
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Guatemala? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Guatemala in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez